ogdoad

American  

[og-doh-ad] / ˈɒg doʊˌæd /

noun

1. the number eight.

2. a group of eight.

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ogdoad British  

/ ˈɒɡdəʊˌæd /

noun

1. a group of eight

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Etymology

Origin of ogdoad

1615–25; < Late Latin ogdoad- (stem of ogdoas ) < Greek ogdoás, derivative of ógdoos eighth; -ad ¹

Example Sentences

The figure of eight, which is a sign of the Nnu or associate gods in Egypt, who were the primary Ogdoad, is reproduced as a gnostic symbol, a figure of the pleroma and fellow-type of the eight-rayed star.

From Project Gutenberg

Heb′domad, the number seven, a group of seven things, a week: in some Gnostic systems, a group of superhuman beings, angels, or divine emanations, the sphere of the Demiurge lower than the ogdoad—from the idea of the seven planets.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

This ogdoad of the Lords of Knowledge is described in the Bahudaivatya— "Ananta, and Súkshma, and Śivottama, "Ekanetra, and again Ekarudra and Trimúrttika, "Śríkaṇṭha and Śikhaṇḍin,—these are declared to be the Vidyeśvaras."

From Project Gutenberg

From Logos and Zoe were sent forth, by a conjunction, Anthropos and Ecclesia, and thus were formed the first-begotten Ogdoad, the root and substance of all things, called among them by four names; namely, Bythos, Nous, Logos, and Anthropos.

From Project Gutenberg

And those two sacred horns point back to the dread mysteries of the Ogdoad sublime, 'The great Cabiri of earth's dawning prime.'

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